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I think saving weight is definitely one of the main issues, see those proportionally large legs on Falcon-9, I guess it simply doesn't scale on bigger vehicles like Starship / Heavy booster. Also, by catching the booster on site, they can even save the transportation and do the refurbishing on site, so even shorter turnaround time I guess.


Also, saving on damage to the landing pad.


That’s a good point, they used the sprinklers on landing to mitigate damage to the pad and the booster was caught well off the ground.


Another way to save weight would be to make the booster out of carbon fiber instead of steel. I wonder whether they will do that eventually.




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